PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hazem Hannachi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carter Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madison has chosen Heaven Nor Hell as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Hannachi
vs
Madison

175 cm
18
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hazem Hannachi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carter Madison!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madison misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hannachi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Madison clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Hannachi is trying to trip Madison. He has hold of a leg but Madison is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hannachi persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Madison looking for a guillotine here but Hannachi defends easily.
Madison wants to get back to his feet but Hannachi passes into half guard.
Hannachi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hannachi drops an elbow to the side of Madison's head.
Madison is looking to improve his position.
Hannachi prevents Madison from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison is trying to get back to full guard.
Hannachi is trying to control. Madison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ground and pound from Hannachi.
Hannachi is keen to just control but Madison is a slippery customer.
Hannachi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hannachi works his way into side control.
Madison is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hannachi is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Madison will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Check out the look on Hannachi's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison tries to bench press Hannachi off him but Hannachi keeps the position.
Madison pushes Hannachi away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hannachi gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Madison can't do much from the bottom here.
Hannachi cracks Madison with an elbow. That is naaassty.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madison is trying to control Hannachi's posture but Hannachi avoids it.
Hannachi trying to control the action but Madison is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Madison is looking to regain half guard here but Hannachi keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hannachi scoring with punches from side control.
Hannachi is chipping away with strikes.
Hannachi in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hannachi scores with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hannachi trying to control the action but Madison is working from the bottom.
Madison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Madison seems a little lost for a moment, as Hannachi dominates the positioning.
Hannachi trying to control the action but Madison is working from the bottom.
Hannachi lands a nice forearm strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madison tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Madison takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Hannachi scores with punches and elbows.
Madison is taking damage to the body and head.
Hannachi lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Madison hold on?!
Madison trying to control the position but Hannachi manages to sink in the hooks.
Hannachi controls the position.
Hannachi tries to keep control of the position but Madison is staying busy.
Hannachi is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Madison up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madison tries to escape the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hannachi has good solid back control here.
Hannachi tries to get the hooks in deep but Madison pushed the leg off.
Madison rolls, trying to escape but Hannachi keeps control of the position.
Madison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hannachi cracks Madison with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Madison from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Hannachi controls the position.
Madison tries to escape but Hannachi has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Hannachi trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Madison is in bad spot here.
Madison is trying to remain composed but Hannachi is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Hannachi punishes Madison with strikes from the back mount.
Hannachi trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Hannachi is punishing Madison with strikes - can he finish him?!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Hannachi.
Madison is trying to stand back up.
Hannachi is looking to finish with some ground and pound!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Madison is trying to remain composed but Hannachi is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Hannachi is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Hannachi is punishing Madison with strikes - can he finish him?!
Madison trying to control the position but Hannachi manages to sink in the hooks.
Hannachi is punishing Madison with some ground and pound.
Hannachi lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Hannachi.

Madison is rocked!
Hannachi lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Madison is still in real trouble! Can Hannachi finish him?
Hannachi is looking to control Madison but Madison is wriggling around and keeping busy.
We've been informed that Madison has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Hannachi has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Madison.
Hannachi connects with a big shot to the side of Madison's head.
Hannachi connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Madison to escape the position.
Madison is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
A helpless look comes across Madison 's face. He knows he's trapped as Hannachi lands a series of unanswered strikes. The ref steps in to stop the fight and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hazem Hannachi!
An out of breath Hazem Hannachi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Carter Madison was interviewed post fight and said 'This really, really sucks! Trained big time. Guess we need a new game plan. '.